I just recently purchased a 8KHA+ mobo and was wondering if this board will fit into an "Antec" SX-830 Mid-Tower case.....I just ordered one and hope I didn't make a mistake. The owner's manual 4 the mobo states the case must be 2.01 ATX compliant. I'm having difficulties confirming whether or not this case will meets the criteria, Antec's web-site is not loading 4 whatever reason. Also, will the 300 watt ps b enough to juice an 8500 radeon w/my XP 1700+ or will it be doing cartwheels when I play Q3 and other demanding applications?

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welcome to the forums!

good news: the case will definately accept the motherboard, no trouble at all. the PSU will probably not be up to the job though, as a powerful system such as the one you are planning really do suck up power! Antec make great PSU's too, so if you can get hold of a 400 watt antec PSU you will have no problems at all, 350 would probably cope, but If you plan to overclock, the powersupply can make all the difference!

dont worry about having a "wasted" 300 watt PSU, as they can come in useful for all sorts of things!

Glad to see u in the forums-
The epox board should fir just fine into the antec case- u personaly use the antec 1040 and 1030- i seem to have no problems with the antec 303xp powersupply 300w ps running a xp 1800 at 2100+ equvilent and gf3 ti-200
Where are u in the pacific northwest?
Spyder

As stated by others, no prob with fit. The PSU however could be problematic. Depending on how hard you'll push your system and just plain dumb luck, you may not experience any probs. But, as we have all seen, this mobo can be a bit finicky about it's power. I happen to be one of the very lucky one's. I have an Antec 830 w/300W PSU that have been extremely stable. I've just not been able to oc as high as I beleive would be possible with a beefier high quality supply.

Ok, I did some digging. I think the PSU that comes with that Case is the Antec PP303XP, which is actually a rebadged HEC-300AR-T... If yes, is has 180W @3.3 &5v rail. This should be enough to power the 5v line for your board (barely).

I'm not going to do much o'clockin' at first, break the XP 1700+ in gradually.....This whole package that I'm getting is part of an early b-day present from my brother. He's actually matching my investment, dollar for dollar, which is really nice of him. I just couldn't see paying the xtra 40 bones for the SX 840, which has the PP-412XP, which is actually the very PS that amd recommended for my CPU....Down the road I will eventually have to break out some more hard earned dough & do the upgrade for a better PS...but for now I should be alright, If I don't push this puppy too much right??!??!

Any ideas on which monitor to consider, 19-incher would be optimal.....an Iyama? Mitsubishi? Hitachi? NEC? Samsung? or a Fry's (Outpost) rebate special..?!?!?! lol, I still didn't get my rebate from the Fry's 17-incher I got a few years back.....rebates sucketh.....unless there on-da-spot rebates at the register....